Audio and Media Technologies

When it comes to advanced audio and video technologies for the rapidly evolving media world, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) stands alone. Spanning from the creation of mp3, the co-development of AAC, and building the DCI test plan for the worldwide interchangeability of digital cinema movies, to designing the future of audio and video entertainment, Fraunhofer IIS has been an innovator in sound and vision for over 25 years.

Today, audio technologies such as Fraunhofer Cingo® for immersive VR audio, Fraunhofer Symphoria® for automotive 3D audio, AAC-ELD and EVS for telephone calls with CD-like audio quality, xHE-AAC for streaming and digital radio, and the MPEG-H TV Audio System, that allows television viewers to adjust dialogue volume to suit their personal preferences, are among the division’s most compelling new developments.

In the field of moving picture technologies, latest achievements include easyDCP for the creation and playback of digital cinema packages and master formats, as well as Realception®, a tool for light-field data processing. In addition, Fraunhofer is developing new image coding systems based on JPEG2000 and JPEG XS.

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VRIF Publishes First Set of Industry Guidelines

The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) announced the availability of its first set of Virtual Reality (VR) Industry Guidelines at CES 2018. VRIF, of which Fraunhofer IIS is a charter member, presented the new guidelines in a two-hour masterclass at CES 2018, where it also outlined a 2018 roadmap and presented VR demos, including Fraunhofer’s Immersive Audio and tiled media streaming demos based on ISO MPEG’s Omnidirectional Media Format (OMAF).

Fraunhofer IIS offers a light-field data-set for free download

In the world of media technologies Fraunhofer IIS not only offers compelling sound experiences but also interesting video innovations. One of them is light-field technology. Whether changing the perspective of a scene or adding an object to it – the potential of light-field technology for professional post-production is huge.

CES: Fraunhofer IIS Showcasing Radio Mitre xHE-AAC Live Stream

At CES 2018, Fraunhofer IIS booth visitors can check out the benefits of xHE-AAC by listening to a 16 kbit/s livestream from Buenos Aires-based Radio Mitre.

Tests conducted by Radio Mitre showed that the use of xHE-AAC – compared to HE-AAC v2 – reduced streaming downtime in areas with bad network connectivity by approximately 60%, and also reduced the average number of playout interruptions.

Tradeshows and Events

Coming up next

MWC 2018

We are looking forward to your visit to our booth 7G31 in hall 7 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona! There we will showcase crystal-clear telephone calls with the latest 3GPP/GSMA voice service codec Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) and present low-bitrate streaming with xHE-AAC, the audio codec of choice for adaptive streaming and digital radio. Other technologies on display: Fraunhofer Cingo® for the best immersive sound experience on VR devices, and MPEG-H 3D Audio, the only Next Generation Audio codec used in regular broadcast.